Plastic is choking our oceans

More than 500,000,000 straws are used once and tossed every day in this country. Ocean Conservancy ranks plastic straws as the number five most commonly found item on beaches. Straws are not recycled, so they wind up in landfills, litter streets, wash into streams and add to the estimated 8.5 million metric tons of plastic debris in oceans annually.

In conjunction with Creek Week, Mayor Steve Schewel has proclaimed March “No Straws Month” in Durham! “Single use plastics that find their way onto our streets get washed through storm drains into local creeks and all the way to the ocean,” says Mayor Schewel. “Plastic litter is a roadside eyesore, and it also can be fatal to river and ocean animals.”

You can help: TAKE THE PLEDGE!

We ask you as an individual or as a business to pledge to significantly reduce your use of plastic straws and only serve straws by request. So many of us use straws as routine simply because we are handed them. There are so many alternatives, like drinking from a cup or using a paper or metal straw.

Pledge as an individual or business below!

#SkiptheStraw Pledge for Individuals

Name *

Name

First Name

Last Name

Email Address *

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For the month of March, I pledge to reduce and eliminate my use of single-use plastic straws. By refusing single-use plastic straws, I am helping to eliminate plastic pollution that ends up in our oceans and waterways. Please check the "Yes" box if you agree. *

Yes

Thank you!

Special thanks to the following businesses that have already taken the pledge!

Pompieri Pizza

Bull City Burger & Brewery

Bull McCabe's Irish Pub

The Cotton Room

Eno River Association

DoubleTree by Hilton's Mansion on the Hill

Cocoa Cinnamon

140 Salon and Blow Dry Bar

Lionstone Realty LLC Powered by eXp Realty

Pie Pushers

Burt's Bees

The Merry Franksters

Hux Family Farm

#SkiptheStraw Pledge for Businesses and Organizations

Name of Business *

Email Address *

Address *

Address

Address 1

Address 2

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal Code

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Business Website *

The owner or manager of the business indicated above agrees to this pledge. *

Yes

We are officially participating in the #SkiptheStraw March movement as part of an effort to keep my community pollution free and stop plastic pollution at the source *

Yes

As a participating business we agree to: *

Check all that apply

Print "Straws Available Upon Request" on our menu or signage

Discontinue the use and purchase of plastic straws and elect to use fully compostable paper straws or reusable straws (not bioplastics, which are not degradable or recyclable)

Last Day of Straw Usage

Last Day of Straw Usage

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Electronic Signature *

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By typing your name in the box below you indicate that all of the information you have provided in this form is true to the extent of your knowledge and binds you to any agreements that you have indicated in this form.

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Thank you!

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